Job Description

DESCRIPTION

Do you want to be part of a new engineering team that is building from the ground up at Amazon? Can you commit to building a new service with a high level of integrity and discretion in handling sensitive information? Do you have a passion for bringing the best experience to our customers?

In this team you will have the opportunity to:
Solve challenging problems at significant scale

Work on innovative systems that are still in their beginning stages

Be an actively contributing member of an agile development team, and have a large impact on the design, architecture, and implementation of a mission critical project

Work in a start-up environment with the backing of a strong corporate support culture within Amazon
We are looking for software developers with expertise and passion for building large scale distributed systems and services. In this role, you will have responsibility for:
Building functional and technical requirements into detailed architecture and design

Coding and testing complex system components

Participating in code and design reviews to maintain our high development standards

Overall system architecture, scalability, reliability, and performance

Mentoring other engineers, defining our technical culture, and helping to build a new fast-growing team
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C including object-oriented design
1+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.
2+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical discipline

3+ years of industry experience writing large scale systems

Strong knowledge of computer science fundamentals in object-oriented design, data structures, algorithms, problem solving, and complexity analysis

Experience working within either agile or traditional waterfall software development lifecycles

Proficiency in at least one modern programming language such as C, C++, C, or Java

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience building complex software systems successfully delivered to customers

Knowledge of professional software engineering practices and best practices for the full software development lifecycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations

Write high quality code that is robust and easy to maintain

Understanding of system performance and scaling

Ability to take a project from scoping requirements through actual launch of the project

Possess good communication skills, sharp analytical abilities, and proven design skills

Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and management to collect requirements, describe software product features and technical designs

Experience debugging, diagnosing, and trouble-shooting complex, production software is a plus

Experience writing multi-threaded programs requiring concurrency and synchronization primitives is a plus

Experience delivering and operating large scale, highly available distributed systems is a plus

Masters or PhD in computer science preferred
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